We investigated two outbreaks of papillomatosis between 2013 and 2015 in Al
Ahsa region of eastern Saudi Arabia involving fourteen dromedary camels. The disease
affected both young and adult animals and occurred in coincidence with
demodectic mange infestation. Diagnosis
was made based on gross and histopathological characteristics of the wart
lesion and was confirmed by PCR. Rolling circle amplification followed by degenerate
primer PCR and sequencing of the amplicons revealed the presence of both
Camelus dromedarius papillomavirus types 1 and 2, previously identified in
infected dromedaries in Sudan.